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Home My WebLink About2026-05-13 Cultural Resources Commission Agenda County of Hawai‘i PLANNING DEPARTMENT CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Phone (808) 961-8288 • Fax (808) 961-8742 Matthew Clark, Chair Desmon Haumea, Vice Chair Darde Gamayo Kealohanuiopuna Kinney Janet Six Aaron Spielman C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D. Mayor AGENDA CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the following matters to be considered by the Hawai‘i County Cultural Resources Commission (CRC) in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 91 and 92, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes and Chapter 2, Article 44 of the Hawai‘i County Code. NOTE: Pursuant to Act 220, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2021, which amended the Sunshine Law to allow meetings to be remotely conducted online, effective January 1, 2022, the Cultural Resources Commission meetings will be held online, and the location listed below for the public to provide testimony on agenda items. The meeting can be viewed live online or at the location listed below. DATE: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 TIME: 10:00 AM LOCATION: Hilo Planning Department Conference Room 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, HI 96720 INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY (ICT): Cultural Resources Commission Members and applicants may participate in this meeting either via the Zoom interactive video conference platform or by attending the meeting in person. The public will be able to view and listen to the meeting at: https://www.youtube.com/@cohplanningdepartment/streams. Testimony may be given upon registering via the Zoom link, or at the in-person location provided. Minutes of the Cultural Resources Commission meeting will be transcribed and posted on the Planning Department’s website. CALL TO ORDER STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – Pursuant to HRS 92-3 interested persons that want to provide oral testimony may do so either at the time the board takes public statements on the agenda or at the time the specific agenda item is called or as otherwise allowed at the sole discretion of the Chair. NEW BUSINESS OF THE COMMISSION 1. Hale Nanea Proposed Amendment to Condition L of Ordinance 15-104 (PL-CRC-2026-000044) Request by the Planning Director for the Commission’s review and recommendation on matters of cultural significance relating to Condition L of Ordinance 15-104. Condition L requires identification of an entity responsible for the management and care of archaeological and cultural features on Parcel 54 and conveyance of Parcel 54 to the identified entity. Location: Auhaukeae 1st, North Kona, Hawaiʻi TMKs: (3) 7-5-009:067 & 7-5-009:054 2. Discussion and possible action regarding lava tubes, caves, and the protection of associated cultural resources, including the possible establishment of a Permitted Interaction Group. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Approval of minutes for the meeting held on March 11, 2026. Planning Department staff updates. Next meeting tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, June 10, 2026. ADJOURNMENT Submitting Testimony: Written testimony may be submitted before 2:00 PM on the business day prior to the meeting by email to crc@hawaiicounty.gov. Mail or hand-deliver written testimony to Hilo Planning Department at 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720. Please submit separate testimony for each item. The public may provide verbal testimony at the meeting location provided or by calling into the Zoom meeting. To provide verbal testimony via Zoom, please register at the following Zoom Link by 4:30 p.m. at least 48 hours prior to the meeting: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/4Iq90VtLQvWouizGORXMiw Documents provided to members of this board for this meeting are available for public inspection online at https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/1/fol/154907/Row1.aspx or during regular business hours at the Hilo office of the Planning Department, Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaiʻi and at the Kona office of the Planning Department, West Hawaiʻi Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building E, 2nd Floor, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i. If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist [Article 15, Section 2-91.3 (b), Hawai‘i County Code]. A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials.” [Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a) (6), Hawai‘i County Code]. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 or email crc@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible. If a request is received later than five (5) working days prior to the meeting date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. The purpose of the public hearing is to afford all interested person(s) a reasonable opportunity to be heard on the above matters. CULTURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MATTHEW CLARK, Chairperson Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer